NORTH SHORE – (Radio) Headlines on this Monday: Salem city councilor wants traffic to slow down; Ipswich water levels under additional scrutiny; Zoning issues brewing in Swampscott; Hearing in Gloucester Tuesday on proposed medical pot facility
North Shore Today newscast with Rick Moore and Bill Newell
Major Water Main Break in Newburyport Shuts Down State Street near Public Library
Motorists Urged to Avoid Area
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NEWBURYPORT — Mayor Donna D. Holaday, Fire Chief Christopher LeClaire, and City Marshal Mark Murray report that there is a major water main break in the City of Newburyport. The break is located near the Newburyport Public Library at the intersection of State and Prospect streets. Mayor Holaday, police and fire units, and the Newburyport Department of Public Services Water Division are all on scene. Motorists are urged to avoid the area at this time. Additional information will be released as soon as possible. |
North Shore Community College’s Supervisors’ Connection Workshop: “Occupational Fraud Awareness and Prevention” on Wednesday, January 18, from 8-10 AM at NSCC’s Danvers Campus, 1 Ferncroft Road, DS106. Cost: $49.00 per workshop Please call Susan Ryan at 978-236-1240 for further information or to register.
Coast Guard medevacs ill fisherman from 115 miles off Provincetown
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BOSTON — A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station Cape Cod medevaced a 24-year-old-man Sunday afternoon from the fishing vessel Athena, which was located approximately 115 miles east of Provincetown.
The Coast Guard was notified of the sick fisherman at around 1:45 p.m. via satellite phone by the captain of the 88-foot Athena, which is homeported out of New Bedford.
An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew launched at 2:45 p.m. and arrived on scene at 4:15 p.m.
Once on scene the crew coordinated to lift the patient onto the helicopter.
At the time of the rescue the winds were out of the northwest at 10-15 knots and the waves were reaching 5 feet in height.
“It was a complex hoist due to darkness and the configuration of the boats rigging,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Luke Headley, the aviation survival technician who rescued the survivor.
After being hoisted, the patient was flown to Hyannis Airport where an ambulance was waiting to transport him to Cape Cod Hospital.
The patient was reported to have been stable at the time of the transfer.
